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R. A. MEGENITY.

WALL STUD.

APPLICATION HLED MAY 18. l9l8.

Patented Nov. 26, 191B mpg 1 A TTORNE Y RALPH A. MEGENITY, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

WALL-STUD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 26, 1918.

Application filed May 18, 1918. Serial No. 235,239.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RALPH A. MEGENI'I'Y, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kansas City in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Wall-Studs, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in wall studs. It is particularly adapted for use in connection with concrete walls.

The object of my invention is to provide a stud which is novel, simple, cheap and efiicient, and which is welladapted for attaching veneer facings to cementitious bodies, such as concrete walls, piers, columns, beams, posts, lintels and the like.

My invention provides a stud which can be easily and quickly built in a Wall, and which after being built in a wall permits easy attachment thereto of fire proof partitions or veneer facings. without having to break out any of the wall.

My invention provides further a novel wall tie, which is particularly well adapted for use in connection with my improved stud.

Other novel features of my invention are hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate the preferred form and a modified form of my invention,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the preferred form of my improved stud made from a metal plate.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the same, reduced. and shown secured to the inner side of a Wall form, a portion of which is shown.

Fig. 3 is a vertical. sectional view of a concrete wall and a veneer facing attached thereto with one of my studs and my improved wall tie.

Fig. 4 is a plan view of my improved wall tie.

Fig. 5 is an outside elevation of a modified form of my improved stud formed of wire.

Fig. 6 is a side elevation of the stud shown in Fig. 5.

Similar reference characters designate similar parts in the different views.

1 designates a concrete body. such as a wall, pier, or post of the ordinary type. 2 designates the brick veneer facing laid in cement or mortar 3 and which is attached to the wall 1 by means of my improved studs and wall ties.

4 designates the preferred form ofmy improved stud, such as is shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, and which comprises, preferably, an upright strip of metal, such as rolled sheet steel, from opposite longitudinal edges of which are cut respectively two series of tongues which extend longitudinally in one direction from their places of juncture with the body of the strip 4 to certain points 5, at which the tongues are bent so as to extend horizontally inwardly to form anchoring arms 6 having right angled bends 7 at their inner ends.

0 The outer side of the stud 4 is substantially flat. so as to be secured vertically against the inner side of one side wall 8 of a wall form, as shown in Fig. 2.

Preferably the strip 4 is provided with transverse holes 9 through which may extend securing devices. such as nails 10. by which the stud is temporarily fastened in a vertical position to the inner side of the wall form 8.

In order that the strain on the stud may.

be equally distributed. the arms 6 of one series are, preferably, disposed in staggered relationship to the arms of the other series. By cutting the arms 5 from the edges of the strip. there is no waste material.

After the wall form 8 has been set up and the studs 4 secured thereto. as described. the concrete is poured into the form. and after it has become sufficiently set or hardened, the form is removed. leaving the studs embedded in the wall 1. with their flat outer sides flush with the outer side of the wall.

By having the outer sides of the studs fiat, no cement or concrete can get between the body of the stud and the wall form when the concrete is poured into the latter.

When the veneer facing 2 is laid, it is attached to the studs 4, at suitable intervals, by means of my improved wall ties, each of which comprises a piece of rod or wire 11, Fig. 4. having its ends bent respectively into two reversely disposed arcuate hooks 12 preferably of like size and in the same horizontal plane. so that either hook may be attached to the stud 4. The diameter of each hook 12 is such as to permit it to embrace the strip 4'at any point between the arms 6.

lVhen the facing 2 has been laid to a height at which it is desired to bond it to the wall 1, a tool, not shown, such as a chisel, is forced between the wall 1 and the stud strip 1. at the point where the bond is to be made, and the strip -1 is then forced outwardly from the wall a distance sufiicient to permit of the insertion behind and around the strip 4 of the hook 12 of one of my wall ties. The wall tie is then laid flatwise upon the uppermost layer of the facing 2 with its inner hook embracing the stud 4, as shown in Fig. 3, after which a layer of mortar 3 is then placed upon the top layer of the veneer facing 2 so as to cover the wall ties 11. The laying of the facing 2 is then continued until it has reached a height at which it is desired to again bond it to the wall. At such time, the studs 4 are pried out of the wall at the proper points so as to be embraced by the hooks of another set of wall ties, such as have already been described. and the latter are hooked to the studs and laid in cement or mortar on the top of the facing, as already described.

By having the hooks 12 reversely turned and of like size, the pull upon the wall tie is direct and equally divided, and either end may be employed to engage a stud.

By having the anchoringarms 6 extending longitudinally parallel with the body 4 from their places of juncture with the latter to the points 5 at which they are bent inwardly, the strip 4 and longitudinal portions of the anchoring arms 6 may be bent outwardly, without liability of pulling the anchoring arms 6 out of or loosening them in the wall. By having the anchoring arms 6 all extend longitudinally in one direction only from their places of jucture with the strip, the strip and arms can be more easily bent than would be the case if some extended downwardly and some upwardly from the places of juncture with the strip.

By having the hooks 12 adapted to engage the stud at any place between the anchoring arms, the wall ties may be inserted at any height of the veneer facing, irrespective of the relative position of the layers of brick with respect to the anchoring arms 6.

By having the anchoring arms in staggered arrangement, the strain upon the studs and arms 6 is equalized, and a direct pull by the wall ties insured.

In the modified form of stud shown in Figs. 5 and 6, an upright rod or wire 13, has mounted on and twisted around it a plurality of anchoring arms, each of which is a rod or wire having a vertical coiled portion 14 twisted around a coiled portion 15 of the upright rod 13. The anchoring arm extends longitudinally upwardly at the side of and parallel with the upright rod 13 to a point 16, at which it extends horizontally inwardly to form the horizontal portion 17 of the anchoring arm, the inner end of which is bent upwardly at 18.

The anchoring arm below the coiled portion 1% is formed into two loops l9 and 20,

disposed at opposite sides respectively of the upright rod or wire 13, said loops being adapted to receive securing devices for fastening them flatwise against the inner side of a wall form, so as to support the stud in the vertical position.

The lower end of the loop 20 has a coiled portion 21, which encircles the upright rod 13 and terminates at its lower end in a downwardly extending portion 22, which is disposed at the outer side of the rod 13 and at one side of and parallel with the upper vertical portion of the anchoring arm next below.

By means of the construction just described, little space is provided between the wire stud and the wall of the wall form into which cement can pass.

The stud shown in Figs. 5 and 6 is pried out from the wall for the reception of the hooks 12 of the wall ties, in the same manner as was described with respect to the preferred form of my invention. As the anchoring arm is not attached to the rod 13 above the twisted portion 14, the rod 13 and that part of the anchoring arm just below the horizontal portion 17 can easily be forced outwardly away from the wall, to permit engagement with the hook 12, without pulling the portion 17 out of the wall.

I do not limit my invention to the structure shown and described, as modifications, within the scope of the appended claims, may be made without departing from the spirit of my invention.

What I claim is:

L'A stud of the kind described having a stt'bstantially fiat outer side and having anchoring arms, all of which extend longitudinally in one direction from their places of juncture with the body of the stud to certain points respectively and which extend from said points inwardly at right angles to said flat outer side.

2. A stud of the kind described having two series of tongues cut respectively from opposite longitudinal edges and extending in like directions longitudinally from their places of juncture with the body of the stud to certain points, and extending from said points inwardly to form anchoring arms.

3. A stud of the kind described having two series of tongues cut respectively from opposite longitudinal edges and extending in like directions longitudinally from their places of juncture with the body of the stud to certain points, and extending from said points inwardly to form anchoring arms, the arms of one series being in staggered relationship to the arms of the other series.

4. In a structure of the kind described, an upright stud having two anchoring arms which extend longitudinally in one direction from their places of juncture with the body of the stud, and which extend from certain points horizontally inwardly, and a wall tie having means for embracing said body at any point intermediate of said arms.

5. In a structure of the kind described, an upright stud having two anchoring arms which extend longitudinall in one direction only from their places of uncture with the body of the stud, and which extend horizontally inwardly from certain points, and a wall tie having a hook adapted to embrace 10 the body of the stud at any point intermediate of the horizontally extending portions of said arms.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

RALPH A. MEGENITY. 

